- Date
- April 8, 1979
- Place
- Grove Hill, AL · GROVE HILL, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N21KKBeech V35B
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790408030609A
- Case key
- 137095
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1130 79/4/8 NR.GROVE HILL,AL BEECH V35B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1430 TIME - 1412 N21KK PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1390 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE ROCK,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED FLYING LOW OVER HILLS TOWARDS DARK CLOUDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21KK
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.